US4744376A - Pocket-container for cosmetic products - Google Patents

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US4744376A
US4744376A US06/902,452 US90245286A US4744376A US 4744376 A US4744376 A US 4744376A US 90245286 A US90245286 A US 90245286A US 4744376 A US4744376 A US 4744376A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/24—Etuis for purposes not covered by a single one of groups A45C11/02 - A45C11/22, A45C11/26, A45C11/32 - A45C11/38
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D33/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling powdery toiletry or cosmetic substances
    • A45D33/20—Containers with movably mounted drawers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/22—Casings characterised by a hinged cover
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C2011/007—Receptacles for personal medical or care products, e.g. drugs, condoms or patches; Small first-aid kits
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S220/00—Receptacles
    • Y10S220/26—Vanity

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  • the present invention relates to a container, in particular, but not exclusively, to a pocket container for cosmetic products, toilet articles and the like.
  • the containers of such a kind manufactured in various shapes and sizes, have mostly the drawback of containing a limited number of products or items relatively to containers' overall dimensions.
  • the main purpose of the present invention is hence to provide a container, in particular a pocket container for cosmetic products or the like, which can contain a number of different products surprisingly great relatively to its dimensions, and whose overall dimensions are limited, and which is practical and functional in use.
  • Another purpose of the invention is that of proposing an original container, that at a first glance does not let understand its main function, constituting, for a person unacquainted with its contents, a surprise on opening.
  • a container for cosmetic products or other similar products, constituted by a box-shaped body of essentially parallelepipedon shape, with an access cover hinged on to the box-shaped body in correspondence of an end portion, and with housings inside said body, for different products, characterized in that in front of said cover a second cover is provided, suitable to open in direction opposite to that of the first cover according to an axis parallel to the hinging axis of the first cover, and that in the zone of the box-shaped body opposite to the second cover a drawer opening on a side of box-shaped body is moreover provided.
  • the box-shaped body can have the dimensions and the shape of a cigarette box, with the said first cover being constituted by the usual box opening cover, whilst the second cover is hinged in correspondence of the face of the box-shaped body opposite to the said first cover, and the drawer can slide in direction transversal to the box-shaped body.
  • Such a container can be provided with various housing zones, starting from a zone defined inside the first cover, whilst the cavity under the second cover, as well as the drawer can be suitably subdivided into compartments for the containment of specific products, as it shall be better seen hereinunder.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the container closed
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the container open, in its simplest embodiment
  • FIG. 3 is a section according to path III--III of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a section according to line IV--IV of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is an example of complete container, containing, to exemplifying purposes, cosmetic products, in particular toilet articles for ladies.
  • the container 1 according to the invention is constituted by a box-shaped body 2, of substantially parallelepipedon shape, with bases 3 and 4 preferably rectangular, and has in the case as shown the dimensions of a normal cigarette box.
  • first access cover 5 positioned in correspondence of and end portion of box-shaped body 2, and hinged, e.g., by means of pivots 6, 7 on to the box-shaped body 2 around an axis 8 positioned transversally relatively to the longitudinal dimension of container 1, on the plane containing one of its longer sides, indicated with 9.
  • the cover 5 defines within its interior a first housing seat 10, prevailingly extending transversally to the container 1.
  • edges 11 of cover 5 joining each other in the hinged side 12 run slopingly relatively to a straight line perpendicular to the longer side 9 of container 1, and lay on the plane of side walls 13, 14 of container 1.
  • the edges 15 of the body 2 of the container 1 cooperating with the edges 11 of cover 5 run with a contrary slopingness.
  • a second cover 17 is hinged, according to an axis 16 parallel to axis 8, and in a position diagonally opposite relatively to container 1, in particular by means of side flanges 18 connected to the body 2 of container 1 by pivots 19. In such a way, the cover 17 can be open in a direction opposite to that of cover 5.
  • the cover 17 has side walls which, in its closed position, enter within grooves 20 of side walls 13, 14 of the body 2 of container 1, so that in such a closed position, the side walls of cover 17 result flush with the side walls 13, 14 of the body 2 of container 1.
  • the cover 17 is obliquely cut by a plane parallel to axis 16, as the edges 15.
  • a drawer 21 can be moreover extracted, preferably sideways, which finds its housing within a chamber 22 defined under a plane 23 placed inside the body 2 of container 1, in a position opposite to cover 17.
  • the drawer 21 is guided in direction parallel to axes 8 and 16 by means of guides 24 slidingly cooperating with transversal grooves of said chamber 22.
  • the drawer 21 has its bottom flush with the longer base edge 9 of container 1. It can be hence extracted simply by leaning a user's finger on it and then moving it in the direction of guides 24. Its stroke is limited rearwards by the side wall 14 of the body 2 of container 1, while further stops, not shown, are furthermore provided to stop the drawer 21 in its completely protruding position.
  • the inner plane 23 ends spaced apart from the front edge onto which the cover 5 is hinged, thus defining a space completing the housing cavity 10 of cover 5, when this latter is in its closed position.
  • the container as disclosed can be provided with compartments inside its inner housing spaces, e.g., as shown in FIG. 5, wherein to exemplifying purposes some items are shown, which may be contained inside the container according to the invention, e.g., eye shadows for eye makeup, blush, lipsticks and lip glosses, colorsticks and mascara and brushes in general, and so forth.
  • a small mirror 25 can be suitably housed inside the cover 17 .
  • the plurality of objects which occupy the limited space defined by the limited dimensions of container 1 should be noted.
  • toilet articles for gentlemen can be contained, such as shaving cream, disposable razor, or twin-blade razor, or razor with interchangeable blade, shaving brush, perfumed tissue-papers, and so forth.
  • the container 1 can be advantageously made from plastic material, of various colours. It could also be provided with writings and/or drawings similar or identical to those of a cigarette box, having hence an exterior appearance as of a normal cigarette box, and not letting realize at all its contents to those who do not know it, but, with surprise, on opening.
  • the user can easily bring with himself the toilet articles he/she needs, as he/she would simply carry a cigarette box.
  • the usefulness is evident of having so many different products in a so limited space.
  • compartments inside the useful space of container 1 can be different, as a function of the product the container is destined to house.
  • cover 5 is its closure position e.g. by elastic means, or by snap means easily accomplishable and positionable, as well as drawer 21.
  • the closed position of cover 5 secures also the closed position of facing cover 17, thanks to the sloping cut.
  • container 1 envisages a first step of opening of cover 5, exactly as it occurs with a normal cigarette box.

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ITMI1984U24200U IT8424200U1 (it) 1984-12-20 1984-12-20 Contenitore in particolare contenitore tascabile per prodotti cosmetici
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CH (1) CH667379A5 (fr)
DE (1) DE8590188U1 (fr)
FR (1) FR2575048B3 (fr)
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IT (1) IT8424200U1 (fr)
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USD439017S1 (en) 2000-06-07 2001-03-13 Ming-Tung Fang Lipstick case
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USD360487S (en) 1993-06-24 1995-07-18 Jung-Chin Ko Cosmetic kit
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US6363947B1 (en) * 2000-03-20 2002-04-02 Shang-Wu Wu Cosmetic case
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USD473681S1 (en) 2002-11-22 2003-04-22 Hct Limited Cosmetic container with slidable tray
USD478688S1 (en) 2003-03-27 2003-08-19 Hct Limited Cosmetic container with slidable mirror
USD488263S1 (en) 2003-04-22 2004-04-06 Hct Limited Square-edged cosmetic container with slidable mirror
US20090288677A1 (en) * 2008-05-20 2009-11-26 Sin-Hsiung Chen Cosmetic container
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US20150257502A1 (en) * 2009-10-20 2015-09-17 John T. Ziemba Compartmentalized protective case for portable handheld electronic devices
US9642427B2 (en) * 2009-10-20 2017-05-09 John T. Ziemba Compartmentalized protective case for portable handheld electronic devices
USD726819S1 (en) * 2013-10-10 2015-04-14 Pathway IP SARL Storage box
US20150201733A1 (en) * 2014-01-18 2015-07-23 Clairesse Brogoitti Portable Interchangeable Cosmetic Compact
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US20160007714A1 (en) * 2014-07-10 2016-01-14 HCT Group Holdings Limited Multiple level container
US9427062B2 (en) * 2014-07-10 2016-08-30 HCT Group Holdings Limited Multiple level container
US9918533B2 (en) 2014-07-25 2018-03-20 PB Products LLC Carrying case
USD813540S1 (en) 2015-06-05 2018-03-27 PB Products LLC Carrying case

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AU5354086A (en) 1986-07-22
BE903892A (fr) 1986-04-16
NL8520457A (nl) 1986-11-03
GB2179920B (en) 1989-04-12
FR2575048B3 (fr) 1987-02-06
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